1929-05-19 The Plainsman

              Mass Meeting
Monday Night THE PLAINSMAN Mass Meeting
Monday Night
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1929. NUMBER 58
DANCES DECLARED WONDERFUL
Dr* Knapp To Be Inaugurated Monday
Many Prominent Visitors Be
H e r e From All Parts
Of Southland
HUGE CELEBRATION
Governof G r a v e s To Be Master
Of Ceremonies During
Inauguration
With the formal inauguration of Dr.
Bradford Knapp as president of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in pros­pect
for Monday as the feature of
the Alumni Day activities, one of the
most colorful commencement celebra­tions
in the history of the institution
is now underway at Auburn. Thirty-six
of the foremost institutions of
higher learning and educational in­stitutions
throughout the country will
have delegates in Auburn to assist
in the ceremonies incident to the in­auguration
of Dr. Knapp.
After the closing of the Senior Prom
on Saturday evening, following three
days of festivities, the second phase
of the Auburn commencement gets
underway with the commencement
sermon delivered in Langdon Hall at
11 o'clock by Dr. C. B. Wilmer of the
University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn.
The commencement sermon will be
broadcast over WAPI from 11 to 12
o'clock on Sunday morning, as are the
entire inaugural ceremonies of Presi­dent
Knapp from 10 to 12 o'clock on
Monday morning. Also the commence­ment
address delivered by Dr. W. B.
Bizzell, of the University of Okla­homa,
will be broadcast from 10 to
11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, May
21. •.-•'"
The Community Choir, composed of
forty voices taken from the various
churches in town, will sing Sunday
morning at the Baccalaureate Ser­mon
and Sunday evening at the Ves­per
Service in Langdon Hall.
Governor Bibb Graves will be mas­ter
of ceremonies during the inaugu-rational
ceremonies on Monday. Hon.
Erskine Ramsay of Birmingham,
prominent capitalist and philanthro­pist,
will speak on "Auburn and In­dustry;"
Col. Clarence Ousley will de­liver
an address on "Auburn and Agri­culture";
and General R. E. Noble,
president of the Alumni Association,
will talk upon "The Alumni".
The formal induction of Dr. Knapp
into office will be made by Governor
Graves, after which Dr. Knapp will
deliver his inaugural address.
At 12 noon the Auburn Alumni will
meet in business session in Langdon
Hall, after which the inaugural ban­quet
will take place in the Alumni
Gymnasium at 1:15 o'clock with Col.
T. D. Samford, Opelika, acting as
toastmaster. At this time Governor
Graves will speak on "The State and
Auburn"; Chancellor J. H. Kirkland
of Vanderbilt University, Dr. Knapp's
Alma Mater, will talk on "Higher
Education in the South." Following
this President E. W. Sikes of Clem-son
College, S. C, will speak on
"Land-Grant Colleges" and Dr.
Knapp will complete the addresses
during the banquet, using "Auburn"
as his subject. There will be greet­ings
from other institutions and
alumi at this time.
Dr. Benjamin Provost
Receives LS.D. Degree
A quite unusual thing happen­ed
at the Plainsman Banquet a
few days ago. Everyone was
seated and very peaceable, when
up popped a bomb-shell.
Some one brought in a copy •
of a 1930 model Plainsman.
Across the top of the front page
the scare-heads read, "Dr. Benja­min
Provost Award Il-Literary
Society Diploma',, and just below
a little smaller head read "Real­izes
Life's Ambition". Dr. Pro­vost
was accordingly awarded a
well-decorated diploma which
carried the degree of I. S. D.—
Doctor of Illiterary Societies.
And if we remember some of the
articles on literary societies from •
his pen, it appears that he is well
qualified to be called a Doctor.
Plans Are Being Made for Publishing
Tri-Weekly Plainsman This Summer
DELTA SIGMA P H I
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Will Receive Visitors Monday After-,
noon Three to Six O'clock
J. D. Neeley Elected
President Of Band
All Officers Are Members of Kappa
Kappa Psi
The Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
will hold open house at their new
house on Fraternity Row on Monday
afternoon from three until six o'clock.
Members of every organized group
on the campus, including the Boys'
Dormitory and the Girls' Dormitroy
have been extended an invitation to
be present. Members of the faculty
and the townspeople of Auburn are
also invited to look the new house
over.
A reception will be held during the
afternoon for the visitors. A. buf­fet
supper will be given Monday
night for Alumni members only.
A large number of guests is ex­pected
to be present as the parents
of many of the members will be in
Auburn for the commencement exer­cises.
The Building Control Committee
will also be entertained at the new
home. The members of the Building
Control Committee who will be pres­ent
with their families are Roderick
Beddow, H. E. Cox, Professor J. C.
Grimes, B. E. Harris, and H. C. Bates.
The Delta Sigma Phi have been in
their new home about one month, hav­ing
moved there from their former
location on Gay Street.
LUDLOW HALLMAN
WINS BAND MEDAL
Recognition Awarded Basis Of High
Merit
The Band medal, given to a Senior
member of the Band annually by H.
D. Jones, has been won by Ludlow
Hallman, of Dothan, and will be
awarded on the basis, of proficiency
in music, the progress made on the
winner's instrument during the year,
and his loyalty to the Band.
Mr. Jones, a former profesor of
chemistry at Auburn, was Band As­sistant
for three years and still takes
an interest in the work of the Band.
He is now doing research work in
Mexico in an effort to determine the
efficiency of the juices of the cen­tury
plant as a remedy for diabetes.
LEITCH IS G I V EN
FAREWELL SUPPER
The election of officers for the Au­burn
Band for next year was held
this morning; the members chose J.
D. Neeley, president, K. R. Giddens,
vice-president, and Cletus Meyer,
business manager.
Neeley, who is the solo clarinetist
of the band, was vice-president for
this year. Giddens is an alto player,
and Meyer snare drummer. All three
are members of Kappa Kappa Psi,
honorary musical fraternity. Ludlow
Holman is the retiring president of
the band.
Sigma Phi Sigma Entertain Captain
and Mrs. Leitch
On Thursday night, May 16, the
Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity gave a
farewell banquet in honor of Captain
and Mrs. Leitch, and the departing
Seniors. At 6:30 a delicious supper
was served to those present, after
which Captain Leitch and each of the
Seniors gave a short talk. As a
token of appreciation for the work
Captain Leitch has done for the fra­ternity,
the chapter presented him
with a handsome Gladstone bag.
CABINET GROUP
TAKE OATH OF
OFFICEFRIDAY
Formal Beginning of Function­ing
of New Student
Organization
IDEA MEETS APPROVAL BATTERY H OF
JUDD; DAVIS; OTHERS\M*rX * l " * 11 V I ARTILLERY IS Sponsors To Solicit Subscrip
tions F r om Townspeople
And Students BEST DRILLED
Upon adjournment of the Sopho­more-
Freshman convocation Friday
morning the student body assembled
in front of Langdon Hall to witness
the installation of the recently elect­ed
members of the Executive Cabinet.
As Dr. Knapp read the names of
the representatives from the various
departments each member walked for­ward
and took his place on Langdon
Hall steps. The members repeated
collectively after Dr. Knapp the initia­tory
oath and w«re thus duly installed
as the first members of the Executive
Cabinet. This installation marks the
beginning of the Associated Under­graduate
Students of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
The following members were install­ed:
College of Engineering, Robert
Sansing, Margaret; J. K. Smith, Eu-taw;
Carl L. Schlich, Loxley; and Joe
Plant Birmingham; College of Vet­erinary
Medicine, Houston Odom,
Brewton; Department of Home Econo­mics,
Lottie Collins, Fayette; School
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, H. N.
Reeves, LaGrange,. Georgia, J- L.
Christian, Oxford; College of Agricul­ture,
Becker Drane, Brookhaven, Mis­sissippi;
School of Education, Louie
James, Auburn, Aunham Harkins,
Bessemer; School of Architecture,
A summer school Plainsman looms
on the horizon for the coming sum­mer
session if plans now under way
materialize. It has been the policy
in the past to dsicontinue the student
newspaper during the summer
months, but a great need for a paper
in the summer has been felt.
A paper to combine1 the interests
of the school and the town of Au­burn
is planned. It has long been
recognized that a paper is one of the
best means for creating a close com­munity
spirit, anji its actual value as
a news sheet and as an advertising
medium are well-known.
It is the plan of the sponsors to so­licit
subscriptions in the town of Au­burn
before the summer session
opens, and to solicit student subscrip­tions
during registration.
A four-column, four page paper,
to come each Monday, Wednesday
and Friday afternoon is the plan
being considered. The paper will be
of value to the summer school in that
it will be used as a laboratory by
the .classes in Journalism. It is a
known fact that journalism can be
taught far more effectively if actual
newspaper practice is used to _sup-plement
the class work.
. Dean Judd, Director of the Sum­mer
school, is wholeheartedly in favor
of the plan, as is Mr. P. O. Davis, Di­rector
of the Department of Public
Information. Mr. Davis is in charge
w. J. Bryant Is Judged Best-
Drilled Soldier in Local
R. O. T. C. Unit
Streeter Wiatt, Auburn, Hugh Ellis, Q.f M ^ ^ p u b l i c a t i o n s . Mr. Ki r t -
Birmingham; Academic Department, j ] e y B r o w n > i n s t r u c t o l . ,i n Journalism,
and Dr. Charles P. Weaver, assistant
professor of English and a man of
T. M. Roberts, Sylacauga, A. M.
Pearson, Camden.
C. E. Teague was not installed due
to his absence in Birmingham with
the track team. He will be installed
soon after his return to Auburn.
YMCA Cabinet Elects
Committee Chairmans
much practical newspaper experience
are assisting the backers of the plan.
J. C. Street Gets Prize
For Scientific Essay
Morrison and Scruggs Majors
Coming Year
For
Graduated From Auburn With Class
Of 1927
The Y. M. C. A. Cabinet held its
last meeting of the year Friday af­ternoon,
May 18, in the Y. M. C. A.
rooms. New committee chairmans
for tfie year 1929-30 and the majors
were elected.
B. Q. Scruggs and A. L. Morrison
were elected as the new majors and
the following men were named as
head of the different committees
next year:
P. A. Alsobrook, Athletics; Joe
Plant, deputations; A. W. Headly,
discussion group; R. L. Lovvorn, per­sonal
service; E. C. Smith, poster;
Cleveland Adams, religious meetings;
Roy N. Sellers, reporter; H. Y.
Schaeffer, social; and H. F. McCros-ky,
music.
Watch Presented To
Captain B. H. Bowley
J. Curry Street, Auburn graduate
with the class of 1927, has recently
won the $50.00 prize given annually
by the Virginia Academy of Sciences
for the best scientific essay of the
year. Mr. Street, at the present time,
holds a fellowship in physics at the
University of Virginia and is there
doing graduate study.
News of. the above has just been
received by Dr. Fred Allison, head
of the physics department at Auburn.
During the summer session of last
year Mr. Street assisted Dr. Allison
as an instructor of physics at Auburn.
Pettibone Brothers
Get Uniform Contract
Is Given By Advanced R.
Engineer Unit
O. T. C.
The Senior Class of the advanced
R. O. T. C. Engineer Unit recently
presented. Captain B. H. Bowley with
a wrist watch as a token of their
regard for him.
Captain Bowley came to Auburn
the same year that this years gradu­ating
class entered. He will be in
charge, of the Engineer Corps at the
R. O. T. C. camp at Fort Benning,
Ga., this summer. After leaving
Fort Benning he will go to Fort
Humphries, Virginia to attend the
Engineer's School. Captain Bowley
came to Auburn as a Lieutenant and
was promoted to Captain last year.
The contract for the manufacture
of the cadet grey uniforms, in which
students of the R. O. T. C. Unit here
will be clothed next year, has been
awarded to the Pettibone Brothers
Manufacturing Company, of Cincinat-ti,
Ohio, according to announcements
(Continued on page 4)
Battery H. of the field artillery
unit was judged to be the best drilled
battery and Company B. of the engi­neers
unit the best drilled company
in the annual competitive drill held
here Saturday morning. W. J.
Bryant of A. Company was awarded
first place in the individual drill.
The margin between the scores of
the different batteries and companies
was very close, with the unit as a
whole doing exceedingly well; Major
Kennedy expressed himself as very
well satisfied with the showing made.
The entire results of the drill are
as follows: Field Artillery: first place,
Battery H., Captain R. G. Brownfield,
Platoon Commanders, G. J. Cottier,
P. L. Hassler; second place, Battery
B„ Captain H. W. Palmer; third
place, Battery C, Captain Joe Ford,
Platoon Commanders H. J. Woodall,
D. W. Pittman; fourth place Battery
F., Captain Ed Heszog, Platoon Com­manders
.J. W. Kaye, G. T. Nichols.
Engineer unit; first place, Company
B., Captain R. H. Sehreder; second
place Company C, Captain R. F. Tins-ley;
third place Company A., Cap­tain
J. B. Ashcraft, Jr. Individual
competition: first place W. J. Bryant
of A. Company; second place, V. L.
Taylor of C. Company; third place
M. A. Franklin, of Company D;
fourth place, S. C. Suber of Battery
G.; fifth place C. Toscano of Battery
H.
Judges for the drill were Major
Van Fleet former football coach at
the University of Florida, Captain
Busch, 83rd. Field Artillery, Lieu­tenant
J. L. Foster, 83rd. Field Artil­lery
and Lieutenant E. G. Daly, 7th
Engineers. All these men are from
Fort Benning.
Architects Awarded
Medals For Designs
Six Men Get Places For Excellence
In Work
In the recent competition in Archi­tectural
Design, in which both seni­ors
and juniors were entered, six men
were awarded places for excellence
of their work. In the Junior compe­tition,
the problem for which was the
design of "An Astronomer's Resi­dence
and Observatory", J. D. She-nessey
was awarded First Medal,
first place, and Chesley McCaskill,
First Medal, second place. In the
Senior competition, "A Municipal Em­ployment
Bureau," Mallory Collins
was given First Medal, first place,
and Charlie Davis First Medal, second
place.
Places were also awarded for excel­lence
of design in the Senior Thesis
Problem, "A Military Academy."
Those receiving awards were J. W.
William first, and Bruce Anderson,
second place.
NOTICE
Attention Senjiors in Education,
Agricultural Education, and Home
Economics Education:
All Senior's who have been taking
Education courses in preparation for
a State Teachers Certificate are ex­pected
to report to Dean Judd's of­fice
Monday morning between nine
and ten o'clock to file application for
same. The certificate fee is two
•dollars and Dean Judd requests that
all applicants for certificates bring
correct change.
Dips Now Obtainable
Via Correspondence
Students who lack a few hours
credit of being regular, or who need
a course or two in order to get their
"dips", may now get them through the
Correspondence Study Department of
the Extension Teaching Division.
This will be welcome news to those
who needs represent less than the
normal load in summer school or
(Continued on page 4)
MANY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ADD
TO GAIETY OF SENIOR FINALS
Cigarette Pests Meet \
the Bummers Waterloo
B a n q u e t s And Other Affairs
Given By Large Number
F r a t e r n i t i es
Weeks ago there appeared in
the Plainsman in the "Letters To
The Editor" Column, a letter
low-rating the abhorred practice
of cigarette bumming. Students
have been thinking seriously and
deeply of the' problem, and of
how to eliminate it.
Several boys have apparently
hit upon a very workable solu­tion.
A conversation, of which
the following is the essence, was
heard on Toomer's Corner.
One man lit a cigarette. One
near him said "Boy, gimme one
o' them Camels." The first men­tioned
replied "Sorry, these are
Chesterfields." Number two an­swered,
"That's fine, Chester­fields
are my favorite; I never
smoke any other brand." The
last reply from Bozo number one
was "Oh no, I made a mistake,
these are Old Golds." Number
two walked away in disgust.
PERFECT DANCE MUSIC
Grand March Most Beautiful
Seen In Many Years *
RUTLAND EDITS
TREASURE ISLAND
Distinctiveness Lies In New Form
Of Footnotes
As the result of the efforts of
Professor J. R. Rutland, head of the
English Department at Auburn, at
some time in the late summer or early-fall
a new edition of the well known
and widely known story "Treasure
Island", by Robert Louis Stevenson,
will come from the publisher. The
new book is now on the press and its
release to the public awaits only the
completion of its impression by the
publisher, the J: B. Lippincott Com­pany.
The new edition of "Treasure Is­land"
is distinctive from previous edi­tions
in that it contains exceedingly
full notes. An innovation in the form
of footnotes explaining the nautical
terms used by the writer has been in­troduced
by the editor.
In editing the new edition Profes­sor
Rutland has kept in mind his be­lief
that in the past editions of
"Treasure Island" the notes have not
been full enough to give complete un­derstanding
of the story- From the
description of the book given out
by the editor the indications are that
the new edition will be a very satis­factory
and complete work.
Home Ec. Department
To Hold Style Show
Is Culmination Of Years Work In
Clothing Design
The Annual Style Show will be
held Monday afternoon in the "Y"
Hut. The Style Show, to which the
public is invited, is an exhibition of
the work done in the costume design
division of the Home Economics De­partment.
The members of the class
will wear the frocks that they have
designed and made during the se­mester
under the direction of Miss
Spencer, who is in charge of the
Style Show.
During the second semester the
Seniors and Juniors have worked on
the design and making of all kinds
of ladies clothing. The Sophomores
have devoted their attention to child-rens'
clothing which will be exhibited
by Auburn children acting as models.
The course in costume design is
given as a means of teaching women
students at Auburn the proper meth­ods
of designing and making all
kinds of women's and childrens'
clothing. The Style Show is the cul­mination
of the year's work in this
course.
Special music for the Style Show
will be furnished by Miss Nora Roth
Roch, acomcpanied by Mrs. Carnes.
Beautiful girls, perfect dance mu­sic,
attractive gym, banquets, buffet
suppers, parties, senior lead-outs, no-breaks,
broken dates, a whirl of gaie­ty:
the Finals were great! The Sen­ior
Dances are acclaimed the best of
the year by everyone.
The dances began Thursday
evening with one of the best first-night
dances held here in a long time.
The beginning was only a start; the
Friday and Saturday dances were
also excellent. Weede Meyer has the
best orchestra seen here this year; he
is producing dance music of first rank.
Many banquets and other affairs
were given by the fraternities and oth­er
organizations. The spirit of gaie­ty
has reigned for the seniors' last
week-end in Auburn and it has held
unbounded sway.
The Grand March was led by Miss
Hathaway Crenshaw, of Montgomery,
and Pete Crenshaw of Athens. The
march was a beautiful figure, one of
the prettiest seen in years. About
one hundred couples took part.
A distinctive feature of the dances
is the new custom of seniors wearing
tuxedos. The Finals have been in­formal
in the past, and the mark of
distinction given the seniors makes
it more a Senior Dance.
A list of the girls that had register­ed
up to noon Saturday follows:
Miss Jesse Allen, Mrs. Tom Allen,
Misses "Mary Andrews, Josephine
Adims, Nancy Arnold, Eleanor
Buckalew, Marjorie Brinson, Alma
Brazell, Virginia EJ«kerstaff, Kather-ine
Brown, Mary Boyd, Rebecca
Breedlove, Martha Bryan, Anne Butt,
Laua-iceButler, Floy Brown, Louise
Baehtel, Mary Brabston, Elaine
Brown, Ethel Benson, Mignon Brun-son,
Lillian Chappelle, Elizabeth Cum­mins,
Margaret Caldwell, Almeda
Crenshaw, Hathaway Crenshaw, Isa-belle
Corr, Mrs. L. J. Calhoun, Misses
Carrie Craig, Sophia Dubose, Pauline
Duggan, Margarite Dobbs, Marie
Delahaunty, Mary Mac Dranc, Eliza­beth
Darby, Evelyn Ennis, Mary East-continued
on page 4)
Seniors Will Receive
Commissions Monday
Be Presented By Governor Graves,
Following Review
On the morning of Alumni Day,
Monday, May 20th, the annual review
of the'Auburn R. O. T. C. unit dur­ing
which commissions in the O. R.
C. of the United States Army are
presented to the seniors in R. O. T. C.
\vill be held. Governor Bibb Graves
will review the units and will present
to those Seniors who have successfully
completed the prescribed course in
R. O. T. C. commissions as Second
Lieutenant in the Organized Reserves
of the United States Army.
The review will be held at nine
a. m. The R. 0. T. C. units will as­semble
at the Main Building and
march from there to the Drill Field,
where the review will take place.
The following uniform is prescribed:
For Seniors, blouses with white shirts;
For all other classes, olive drab shirts
without blouses.
NOTICE
The Auburn Band will give a con­cert
at 4:30 Sunday afternoon in
front of Langdon Hall. The band
will make its last appearance of the
year Monday night at 8 o'clock, when
it offers a concert in front of Lang­don
Hall, as a part of the exercises
of the annual Festival of Lights. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1929.
Sty? pattuiuum
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Au­burn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 -- Managing Editor
Hugh W. Overton _ Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Alex. Smith, Jr., '31 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 _- Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't.-News Editor
Carol Porter, '29 Sports Editor
Dick Jones, '31 Ass't. Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
T. S. Coleman, '32; Clarence Dykes, '32;
George Harrison, '32; Robert Sansing,
'30; S. H. Morrow, '32; J. E. Jenkins,
'32; H. G. Twomey, '32; Victor White,
'32; D. Reynolds, '32; Virgil Nunn, '31;
Gabie Drey, '31; James Davidson, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
George Carden, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
W. B. Jones, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 -- Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Office on ground floor of Alumni Hall.
Circulation Managers: Walter Smith '31,
J. M. Johnson '31, W. A. Files '31, J.
E. Dilworth '31.
Assistants: B. W. Kincaid '32; R. A. Mann
'32; Roy Wilder '32, Cleveland Adams,
'32, J. M. Barton '32.
The Seniors'
Farewell Dances
The Social Committee may-now exult
in the success of its crowning achievement
for the school year just ending. The
final dances have been in every way a suc­cess.
A beautifully decorated dance floor,
the best of music furnished by an excellent
orchestra, and a carefree and congenial
crowd have combined to make the Senior
Dances all that anyone might desire.
These final dances hold a significance
greater than that attached ordinarily to
college social affairs. These are the last
of the dances that the Seniors may attend
as students at Auburn. The close of the
dances marks the end of the college social
careers of these men and women who are
about to leave Auburn to take their places
in the world of workers.
During their'stay at Auburn these,young
people have passed through i> ^cage of their
life which will be re-.iembered always as
one of the :;w»i joyous and pleasant periods
o' lite. The college student has youth, not
only in age but also in life. He possesses
a certain carefreeness of spirit that will
perforce leave him almost abruptly at
graduation. After graduation he must
settle down to take the responsibility of
citizenship and to contribute his part to
the progress of the world.
The final dances offer the last oppor­tunity
for the Seniors to mingle on equal
footing with those fellow students they are
leaving behind. The dances serve as a sort
of glorified farewell to college life, youth,
and irresponsibility. Naturally all concern­ed,
and especially the Social Committee,
desire the Senior Dances to be a success
in every way, for an unsuccessful farewell
is at best an embarrassing affair.
It is quite fitting that the Seniors should
employ the final dances as a farewell ges­ture
to college social life. College con­sists
of things serious minded with things
frivolous ;things pleasant mingled with
things unpleasant; and duty mixed with ir­responsibility.
At Commencement it is but
proper that the serious ceremonies should
be accompanied by the more frivolous fare­well
embodied in the dances. Commence­ment
is a farewell to the serious side of col­lege
life, to the duty; the dances are the
parallel farewell to the irresponsibilities
and pleasures of college life.
Cabinet Members;
Forget Group Affiliations
The student organization is now a
reality. The Executive Cabinet has been
installed and the constitution, by-laws, and
regulations are now in full effect. The
Cabinet will soon organize and elect its of­ficers,
committee chairmen, and will get to
work. The full effect of the organization
will be felt at the beginning of next year
when the new committees begin to function
regularly.
Much lies in the hands of the members
of the first Cabinet. The success or fail­ure
of the organization will almost lie with
them to determine. Let the new members
be free of personal bias in administering
their duties. Let them be above petty cam­pus
politics and bickerings. Let them elect
men to the offices on the basis of ability
and capability, not on the basis of friend­ship,
fraternity affiliations, or general pop­ularity.
The man to hold a job involving
much financial work should be a man of
methodical, accurate habits; he should be
a man with the type of mind peculiarly
fitted to hold the position.
The other offices are to be filled in like
manner. Choose the men best fitted. Much
depends upon the officers; little depends
upon one's desire to get this or that man in
one office or another. Look at the office,
then look at the available men; pick the
man most suited, because he is suited.
Elect him, and watch the association de­velop
into a great organization that will Be
able to put Auburn on a par with any
school in the country. We advise the stu­dent
body to back the Cabinet. We advise
the Cabinet to fairly represent the senti­ment
of the student body in deciding ques­tions
of wide import. Let's make the as­sociation
a success!
Differences
Of Opinion
Our purpose this past year has been to
edit a publication that would discharge a
twofold obligation to the student body,
that of gathering and presenting news and
to foscus discussion on problems of stu­dent
interest. We have not considered the
moral guidance of our readers to be any
of our concern, therefore we have attempt­ed
a publication that the students would
read and derive some slight entertainment
therefrom.
Our editorial columns, we admit, have
not always been conducted with tact, grace,
or propriety. When we thought that a cer­tain
subject should be treated in a certain
manner, we usually proceeded to do so.
There has been mistakes, these we do not
regret. They were committed in the sin­cere
desire to benefit the student body. We
appreciate a difference of opinion, such is
the interest drawn on accomplishment. If
enemies have been made—Fine—they were
not incurred by side-stepping. It is a ques­tion
whether any publication can ever
progress without making some enemies.
We have not deliberately sought to create
antagonism, neither have we refrained from
presenting student problems for fear of
arousing the ill-will of someone.
Another Step
Towards Abolition
The Ag Club has announced itself as one
hundred per cent behind the movement to
abolish hair-cutting at Auburn. The old
custom of polishing the heads of "frosh"
is on an already precarious footing as a
result of the action of the Interfraternity
Council and Omicror*'Delta Kappa in lead'
ing the way toward banning "hair-cutting
from the campus and the action of the Ag
Club renders this footing still more un­stable."
These organizations are three of
the most influential on the campus and
there can be no result other than that their
concerted efforts shall bring forth fruit.
There is undoubtedly at Auburn a ma­jority
sentiment in favor of allowing the
hair of freshmen to grace their brows
throughout their first year. The minority
sentiment is not decidedly unfavorable to
this movement of abolition but is rather of
a pessimistic nature. Some of the less
sanguine students predict that next year's
freshman will be minded to take the matter
into their own hands and remove their own
hair. These same students seem not to re­member
that their own good sportsmanship
in the matter of clipping their hair in the
past was to a great extent the result of the
fear engendered by the spectre of a sopho­more
with a paddle hovering near. Allowed
to use their own discretion in the matter
very few would practice the principle of
self-abnegation they advocate, but would,
quite to the contrary, retain their hair in
all its luxuriance.
With these things in mind one can hardly
believe otherwise than that hair-cutting is
doomed to go. A glorious day for Auburn
will be that on which this optimism is jus­tified.
" L i t t l e Things"
By Tom Bigbee
Modern youth's conception of "Blue
Heaven" is evidently a roomful of cigarette
smokers.
"Stockings are coming down," says an
artist in a trade paper. S* we have ob­served,
in some cases; but we would not
be so impolite as to call attention to it.
Oklahoma seems to be having as much
trouble with her guv'nors as spendthi-ift
college boys do with theirs.
Think of a deaf and dumb man seven
feet tall—a long strip of silence, huh?
Little boys aren't the only tightwads, if
the story is true that John D. is handing
out nickels instead of dimes.
Is it necessarily alarming that freight
trains should run better after being given
names? We have noticed that some people
run faster after being called names.
Too late to dote on stylish features in
curves and the waist; they're roosting in
the neck now!
The fate of great men's son depends on
their father's fortune.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
At the close of a
busy year I feel a
sense of gratification
at the amount of work
which has been ac­complished.
Particu­larly
am I gratified
at the work of the
student body. As a
whole it has been
good work. Progress
has been made. The editor and business
manager of the Glomerata have put out a
great yearbook. I believe that yearbook
is a credit to the institution. I am sure they
had the aid of many other students on the
staff in doing their work. The editor,
business manager and staff of the Plains­man
have performed an excellent service
and I feel that the entire student body owes
to these two publications, which represent
the entire student body, a vote of thanks.
We have a right to be proud of the other
publications of the institution—The Au­burn
Alumnus, The Alabama Farmer, and
The Auburn Engineer.
* * * * *
I believe we have gained in unity of spirit
also. Progress has been marked in the
student body itself. The new Undergradu­ate
Student Association can be a great aid
to the whole institution. I hope we may
try it out and I feel surt it will succeed.
If selfish ambitions can be set aside, then
the best interest of the entire institution
may be served.
* * * * *
I hope that the new year will see a fine
freshman class come in here and will wit­ness
the effort of all of us to make this
new material into real Auburn men and
women. I hope we will gain still more
ground in eliminating those practices which
are hurting the institution. The hazing of
freshmen is not only entirely unnecessary
but un-American in spirit and very harm­ful
to the institution where such practices
obtain. I am thankful for the encourage­ment
we are receiving from the student
body in an effort to eliminate some of
these practices. They are a relic of past
ages now discarded by most progressive
institutions. I believe that education is
largely a matter of discipline and that the
more we can understand true values and
eliminate the harmful things, the better is
our education and the better our contribu­tion
to the progress of our day and age. I
have an abiding faith that men can be
virile and strong, good fighters, vigorous
and active and yet can lend themselves in
fine dignity to those things which are right
and elevating rather than degrading. Edu­cation
must contribute to the elevation of
the human race and not its degradation.
I have learned to appreciate this student
body so strongly that I have confidence
that they will see what is right, that they
have already appreciated what needs to be
done, and I feel a sense of fine gratifica­tion
at the progress we have made together.
* * * * *
Let us come back next fall confidently,
heartily, cheerfully to bring in a fine fresh­man
class with us, to help create a wonder­ful
spirit for the football team, to work
couraegously with coaches and with pro­spective
members of the team, to develop
physical perfection, mental alertness and
wonderful team work which may give us
games to win and faith in our ability some
of these days to come to the- top. Let us
come back also to see the growing beauty
of the new Auburn, builded on the affec­tions
and loyalty of the old Auburn with
new buildings, new equipment and new
life to a new year of increasing success
and increasingly effective educational ef­fort.
* * * * *
Good luck and a pleasant vacation, not
of rest, but rather of change in employ­ment
until September. JRemember that you
represent Auburn and are a salesman of
its ideas and ideals.
By the way, we wonder why some com­mercial
wizard doesn't collect the chewing
gum under public furniture for utilization
in the rubber industry?
Eye specialists have little trouble in dis­posing
of their wares in the spring and
early summer. Well a certain percentage
of collegedom must have excuses.
If money were contagious germs, how
disease-free most of us would be.
THE GEDUNK
I'm the Senior Gedunk who pla«ed after
my name in the Glomerata my whole life
history. I put in everything from the sixth
vice-president of the Conglomerated Nin­compoops
Society to being eighth associate
'secretary of the Horse Collar Club with
the respective years of each honor. Of
course I know that scarcely any of the
honors I mentioned are worthwhile or mean
anything at all, but it makes it look to
others that I have been a great man in
college.
% AUBURN FOOTPRINTS °£
THIS WEEK'S FANTASY
Her lips quivered as they approached mine. My whole frame trembled as 1
looked into her eyes. Her body shook with intensity as our lips met, and I could
feel my chest heaving, my chin vibrating, and my body shuddering as I held her
to me.. The moral of all this: Never kiss them in a Ford with the engine running.
—Alex.
* * * * * * * * * *
POSTED
Freshman (to Senior Co-ed)—Give me a date sometime, will you?
Co-ed—I'd like to, but I can't go out with a baby.
Freshman—Oh, pardon me. I did not know.
THE PASSING OF 969
As 969 I've served my time
Within old Auburn's walls;
No more for me the campus, free,
Nor Ramsay's hallowed halls.
My college life and campus strife
Are fading from my view,
And happy days are gone away—
I'm starting Life anew.
That giddy whirl they call the world,
I'll face and strive to climb
To the topmost goal, as a new-born soul,
No longer 969.
By midnight oil I've often toiled
To learn a meager bit—
But hours of work can-do no hurt;-
I regret them not one whit.
I've trod the way of the light and gay,
In many a campus spot,
And many a night, in soft moonlight,
I've done what I should not.
And what is worse, I've splattered verse
All over the Plainsman's pages,
But now I feel that I will be
Forgotten in the ages.
And yet I guess that will be best,
For I wish to leave behind
Every trace of the foolish days
Of Convict 969.
To 702 a word is due,
While I'm in this pensive mood—
He's made a hit with appropriate wit;
His rhymes are really good.
So, 702, I leave to you
My torch to carry on—
Always put first your weekly verse
When I have passed along.
The end is near—the call I hear;
The world looms up before,
And 969 has served his time—
My play-days are no more.
—C. M. RUSH, JR.
MEDITATIONS
O N T H I S A N D T H AT
1B\ 'IBen/amin Trovost—
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
NOW THAT the Ag Club and the In­terfraternity
Council have definitely
come out against hair-clipping it
seems that the custom will go. That re­minds
me, I owe the Ag Club an apology;
some time last fall I accused the Club of
being unprogressive; it has shown that it
is one of the few progressive campus or­ganizations.
To vote unanimously to abol­ish
compulsory hair-clipping is indeed a
progresive move. More power to the Ag
Club!
The Final Dances are ending the year
in a splurge of gaiety; the girls are even
more beautiful than ever. Everything
seems to be in fine shape; this series is one
of the best that I have seen.
* * * * *
SOME thought should be put upon the
officers of the Cabinet. These men
hold the most responsible positions in
the student body. The peculiar fitness of
each of the men should be weighed and
judged before the election is held. A man
should not get one of the cabinet offices by
the underhand politics in vogue here, by
which various organizations try to "con­trol"
student affairs. The man must fit
the job, or he should not have a considera­tion
in the election. The point system com­mittee
is of importance; it is for the best
that it get in operation immediately. The
crowding of honors and responsible posi­tions
on a few men is an old Auburn cus-torn.
It is about as valuable and progressive
as hair-clipping and rat-beating. It does
one thing: it renders negligible the work
of several organizations when one man
runs them all, and usually it causes him
to devote most of his time to the activity
in which he is most interested while the
others are neglected entirely. All suffer:
the less-favored ones severaly. Let's begin
I the spread the energy and talent of our
classes a little more. There is too much
'•oncentratton.
T'
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
THEY ALL WEAKEN
The last of the state laws opposing na­tional
Greek-letter organizations disappear­ed
when the governor of Arkansas- signed
a bill repealing an old act which forbade
fraternities at the University of Arkansas.
This was the only remaining state in the
Union to have such a statute.
* * * * *
HERE'S HOPING
Students at McGill .University will not
be entertained by the hazing of green
freshmen next year. It was felt by the
student council that hazing was becoming
too farcial, as it is at present carried out,
and consequently faculty representatives
are conferring with next year's sophomore
officers regarding the abolition of the cus­tom.
They may succeed.
* * * * *
A DREAM
"Tolo Day" was recently held at the
University of Washington. This is a treat
for the social Scotchmen of the campus, as
this is w'ven all co-eds invite their boy
friends out to the theatre or "what have
you" and pay all expenses of the dates, mak­ing
it an excellent opportunity to catch up
on all the cash they have spent on the girl
friend. Just like a dream.
* * * * *
YE SHALL KNOW THEM
In order that their fellow students may
see and know the students who are in
college for an education by the sweat of
their own brow, the Northwestern, official
newspaper of the Northwestern State
Teacher's college recently published an ac­count
of those who are working their way
through school.
In commenting on students the publica­tion
stated: "Just to prove that all college
folk aren't as worthless as a campaign post­er
after election, we call your attention to
a few who work and do stellar school work
in addition. We point with pride to those
who paddle their own canoe through school
and graduate with honors besides having
time for athletics and social activities".
Well, one capable as all of this is worthy
of praise.
* * * * *
FINE FOR EXAMS
A lip-reading class started at the Uni­versity
of Nebraska last semester for those
students who are hard of hearing or totally
deaf has proved so popular that students
with perfect hearing are enrolled in the
class. It is hinted about the campus that
one who graduates from the c6ur.se is able
to "hear" what people are saying about
him at a considerable distance. Now try
and keep me in the dark.
• * * * *
GLORY!GLORY!
"Thou shalt not sing—at least not at
2 o'clock in the morning," was the decree
laid down to 16 students at the University
of Illinois. The students divided into three
groups were raising their songs in praise
to sisters of several sororities. A number
of professors and hospital authorities were
unappreciative and notified police. Of
course it sounded great—to the co-eds.
* * * * *
WE SAY SO
Seniors at Northwestern university, feel­ing
their importance as only seniors can
you know, are .carrying canes as the class
symbol this year. A flash used to be the
symbol; but you know how things have
changed since the freshman, sophomore,
and junior has taken unto himself certain
dignified habits. Anyway, most seniors
need walking sticks before they get out of
college.
* * * * *
TARS?
Members bf the Oregon State College
military cadet band recently made a 10-
day tour of the lower Columbia giving con­certs
and playing for dances. Many of
the musicians had never been in a boat
larger than a bath tub before and many
had never seen a body of water as large
as the Columbia. Quite thrilling, eh?
* * * * *
ON THE COB
"Ten Aggie men will serve on corn
board." Sounds good doesn't it? Read on:
L. H. Worthley, of the European Corn
Board Control of the United States govern­ment,
has sent a request for ten men from
Oklahoma A. and M. to serve on the board
following spring graduation.
More applications have been received
than there are positions. A special course
is to be given until school is out, and then
an examination will be given to determine
the men best qualified for the positions.
Different.
HIS is the last issue for this year. It
has been a great year for the Plains­man
staff. We feel that advances have
been made that we have been progressive
and have built up the paper. My interest
in the paper has steadily grown since I
first became connected with it. It has been
a pleasant as well as very profitable in­terest.
I feel that I have been the rounds on
the staff now, after three years of it. I
began on the news staff writing up con­vocations
and notable visitors. I was pro­moted
and given a few dance stories and a
commencement speaker to write up. I
have edited literary society reports; I have
even tried my hand at football stories. I
have collected "what visitors think of the
dances" paragraphs, and have read yarns
of proof sheets.
I have written movie ads, and grocery
store ads. I have made up enough head­lines
to fill the paper for ten years (it
seined at the time), and have kept an ad­vertising
account ledger. The most exciting
times have been when we have run special
editions for football games, and have got­ten
out play-by-play reports five minutes
after the final whistle. Rigging up a field
telephone set to Drake field has been one
of my newspaper experiences.
Writing a summary of a football game
at the compositor's shoulder and seeing it
drop out in hot type as I wrote has been
part of the game. Selling advertising, col­lecting
for advertising, wrapping papers
for mailing, stamping addresses, writing
editorials, making presentable material out
of contributions to "Footprints", chasing
reporters out on stories, keeping sub­scribers
in a happy state, apologizing for
mistakes, and jumping on reporters for
making mistakes; these are but a few of
the experiences, but it has been a great
life. If one wants to enjoy college, let him
go to work for the college newspaper.
TIME
Time's unwalled room where simultaneously
The past, the present and the future act
Their far events; where all that is to be
Occurred when all that was became a fact.
And here is no duration, only space
Apparent to our vision, were that ample,
Where past and present and the future face
The selfsame instant, only dreams can
sample.
Here love imploring lies with love rewarded
Rewarded love with love not satisfied;
For time is not, as some say, scythed and
sworded;
Nothing's destroyed; the dead have never
died.
But ours is the lidemma of the blind
Who only know the things their fingers
find. —Kenneth Slade Ailing.
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THE DREAM IS SWIFT
The dream is swift and centuries
elapse
In five brief minutes, so the round of
slumber
May be a trip to Jupiter perhaps,
Past stars that Galileo could not
number.
The dream is fast, from crag to crag,
from peak to peak
To higher peak we. swing, planet to
planet;
Circle, say, twenty oceans in a week,
Look out upon a continent and span
. it.
Poor puny mortals that we are, we
stride
Lagards behind the dream, and we
must be
Forever late or early, never ride
The beggar's horse into eternity,
Outdistance comets and the eagle's
scream—
Like owls we nod and are content to
dream.
—Harold Vinal.
Sigma Nu Banquet Is
Enjoyable Affair
The local chapter of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity entertained at their bi-an­nual
formal banquet on Friday even­ing,
May 16, at the chapter house.
Mr. Raymond Spann, president of the
chapter, presided. The guests of this
enjoyable occasion were the dates of
the active members and the personnel
of Weidemeyer's orchestra. The col­ors
of the fraternity were used in the
table decorations, gold, white and
black giving a striking effect. The
house was made even more lovely with
a profusion of roses and gladiolas.
S. A. E. Seniors Guests
Of Honor At Dinner
Last Monday night Charlie and For­ney
Ingram entertained the seniors
of the Alabama Alpha Mu Chapter of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon with a dinner
party at their home in Opelika. The
guests on this occasion included: Gene
Williams, Murray Hoffman, Bill
Wood, A. J. Yates, Porter Anderson,
and Joe McGhee.
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Served a* well as can be
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Lambda Chi Holds
Homecoming Banquet
A stag Homecoming Banquet hon­oring
the visiting alumni of the local
chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha
will be given with the members of
the local chapter as hosts, on Satur­day
evening at the chapter house.
Carol Porter will act as toastmaster,
introducing the following program:
Lambda Chi Alpha Grace: Professor
Fullan; Address of Welcome, Charlie
Davis; Answer to Welcome, Profes­sor
Hixon; Student Activities, J. B.
Merrill; Chapter Finances, Velpoe
Smith, H. T.; Impromptu Addresses,
Seniors and Alumni. About twenty-five
alumni are expected at this time.
Pi Kappa Alpha
Hosts At Banquet
The local chapter of the Pi Kappa
Alpha Fraternity entertained at their
annual banquet in Opelika at the Cle­ment
Hotel on Friday evening, pre­ceding
the Senior Hop. A number of
guests were present at this time.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Burt stopped
with Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp
for a short visit on Wednesday, en
route from a northern trip to their
home in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jones will
arrive in Auburn this week after a
year's absence in Mexico, where Mr.
Jones has been busy doing reesarch
work.
* :j: :|:
Mrs. Dickens of Mobile has return­ed
to her home after a week's visit
to friends here.
* * *
Mrs. Olin Reineger has returned
to her home in Atlanta after a visit
with friends in Auburn of a week's
time.
* * *
Miss Sara Hall Crenshaw has as
her guest for the dances, Miss Marie
Gienn.
* * *
Mrs. J. Beard of Greenville, will
be in Auburn for her son's gradua­tion.
Delta Sigma Phi Hosts
at Series of Functions
The First National Bank of Auburn
ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION
FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN
ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
C. Felton Little, '06, President
W. W. Hill, '98, V i c e - P r e s i d e n t G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier •
Kappa Delta Pi Enjoys
Annual Chicken Barbecue
The Alpha Phi Chapter of Kappa
Delta Pi, National Educational Hon­orary
Fraternity, gave its annual
chicken barbecue on Thursday after­noon.
The' members and guests met
at Main Building at five o'clock to
make the trip to Wright's Mill where
the barbecue awaited them, but the
Weather Man willed otherwise, and
and the supper was enjoyed at the
residence of Dr. B; R. Showalter. Sev­eral
persons, who were elected at the
annual spring election but were un­able
to be present at the formal ini­tiation
held at the Jefferson Davis
Hotel in Montgomery some weeks ago,
were initiated on Thursday evening.
These new members are: Mrs. Alice
.Whitcher Sandlin, Mr. A. H. Collins,
and Mr. O. T. Ivey.
The members of the local chapter
of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity are
entertaining with a series of functions
during the dances and Commence­ment.
On Friday evening, May 17,
a banquet was held honoring their
house guests for the dances with Dr.
and Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Professor
and Mrs. J. C. Grimes, and Professor
and Mrs. W. E. Sewell, house party
chaperones, as additional guests. A
color scheme of nine green and white
was used in the "decorations. The
guests were entertained with string
duet seelctions by Messers. S. D.
Raines and B. Reaves. About sixty
guests were present at this time,
twenty-sxi of whom were the chapter
guests.'
On Monday, May 20, from three
until six o'clock the chapter will en­tertain
at a house warming, throw­ing
their beautiful and artistic new
home, into which they have recently
moved, open for inspection by their
friends who congratulate them upon
the attainment of this goal.
On Monday evening the active
members will honor the visiting alum­ni
members at eight-thirty o'clock
with a banquet. An especial delega­tion
of Birmingham alumni is expect­ed,-
and among the distinguished
guests will be Mr. B. A. Cox and Mr. |
Roderic Beddow.
Kappa Sigma Banquet
Delightful Event
The local chapter of Kappa Sigma
Fraternity held its annual spring ban­quet
on Friday evening at the Hotel
Clements in Opelika. Mr. Robert
Blakey acted as toastmaster and de­lighted
all by his manner of conduct­ing
the affair. Scarlet, emerald
green, and white were used in the
table decorations. The ladies were
given black mantilla shawls as favors
of this memorable occasion. Among
the guests were: Mr. L. N. Duncan,
Dr. William Byrd Lee, Professor J. R.
Rutland, and Mr. B. L. Shi.
Miss Ferguson Is
Guest of Honor
Mesdames P. O. Davis and John
E. Ivey were hostesses on Thursday
afternoon in honor of Miss Mertha
Lee Ferguson, who is leaving for a
years study.
Twenty-eight guests enjoyed sev­eral
progressions of bridge. Mrs.
Homer Gentry won top score and Mrs.
W. E. Sewell second high. Miss Fer­guson
was- presented with an attrac­tive
honoree gift. A delicious salad
course was served by the hostesses.
Kappa Deltas Honor
Graduates
The active chapter of Kappa Delta
honored the graduating members
with a banquet at the Clement Hotel
in Opelika on Thursday evening at 8
o'clock. Miss Elizabeth Brownfield
presided in her charming manner.
Miss Grace Smith delighted with a
solo, and Miss Lulu Palmer gave an
interesting talk full of good advice
to the departing members. Mrs. T.
H. Palmer, house mother for the
chapter, was a guest. The honorees
were: Misses Eloise Floyd, Elizabeth
Mardre, Martha Powers, Pertice
Tucker, Sara Hall Crenshaw, Mrs.
Mary Yarbrough.
Other delightful parties planned
for these graduates are: a bridge
party on Saturday given by Miss
Grace Smith at her home in Opelika
and a dance given by Mrs. Yarbrough
at her home, on Monday night.
Major and Mrs. Kennedy
Entertain Members Sigma Pi
Major and Mrs. John T. Kennedy
entertained the members of the Sigma
Pi Fraternity and their dates at an
informal tea on Saturday afternoon
from four to five o'clock, at their
home on South College Street. In
addition to the active members of the
local chapter, the resident and vis­iting
alumni, and Captain and Mrs. B.
C. Anderson, Lieut, and Mrs. C. P.
Townsley,' Lieut, and Mrs._ G. B.
Barth, Captain and Mrs. Leitch, Cap­tain
and Mrs. B. H. Bowley, and
Lieut, and Mrs. C. E. Pease were
among those present. A delightful
social hour was enjoyed by all those
present.
Miss Minnie Whitaker
Entertains Guests
Miss Minnie Whitaker entertained
with a delightful breakfast honoring
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore's house guests, on
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Kennedy Entertains
At Bridge Party
Mrs. J. T. Kennedy was hostess on
Thursday afternoon at a five table
bridge party. At the conclusion of
several progressions Mrs. T. B. Mc­Donald'was
found to have second high
score, while Mrs. J. M. Herren had
top score. Mrs. J. P. Wilson won the
consolation prize. Mrs. P. P. Powell
and Mrs. J. W. Scott assisted the
hostess in serving a delightful ice
course.
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T H E B I G S T O R E W I T H T H E L I T T L E P R I C ES
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
GET
THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE
And NO-NOX Motor Fuel
WARD'S PLACE
—Drive-in Service Station—
Across Railroad from Depot
PHONE 291
Sigma Pi To Have
Banquet In Opelika
On Saturday evening, May 18, the
local chapter of the Sigma Pi Fra­ternity
is entertaining at a banquet.
The banquet will be served at the
Clement Hotel at 7:00 o'clock. Murff
Hawkins, President, will act as toast-master,
calling for informal talks by
Major Kennedy, Professor Good, Dr.
Hayes and the graduating members
of the chapter: Ford Pope, Sigert
Raue, Hugh Riddle, Charlie Cansler
and G. W. Dobb's. The table decora­tions
will be in the colors of the
fraternity, lavender and white. Music
throughout the evening will be fur­nished
by a string orchestra of negro
musicians.
Members Senior Class
Entertained By Dr. Knapp
Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp de­lightfully
entertained the members
of the Senior Class on last Saturday
evening at the Executive Mansion.
The guests were greeted by those in
the receiving line, Dr. and Mrs. Knapp
assisted by the Deans, their wives,
and out-of-town visitors, on the porch.
Girls of the School of Home Econo­mics
served delicious punch and cakes
and refreshed the guests as they were
ushered over the lower floor of the
mansion. Dr. Knapp explained sev­eral
interesting and valuable volumes
found in his library. Throughout the
evening music was furnished by Mrs.
W. M. Askew, and Messers. J. B.
Leslie and Ludlow Hallman.
FOR HEALTH SAKE
EAT MORE
ICE CREAM
its
PURE-PERFECTLY PASTEURIZED
And
"Best Because It's Froze-Rite"
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Mesdames Rose and
Hargreaves Give Party
Mesdames Rose and Hargreaves
were joint hostesses on last Saturday
afternoon at a lovely bridge party.
The guests enjoying their hospi­tality
were: Miss Nan Thomas, Miss
Wright, Miss Nora Rothrock, Miss
Lona Turner, Miss Lula Palmer, Miss
Bess Levert; Mesdames, J. E. Conn,
J. P. Creel, R. D. Doner, W. P. Cham­pion,
M. A. Barnes, E. S. Winters,
Erciel Friel, Alpha Cullards, A. D.
Lipscomb, F, C. Biggin, Douglas Cope-land,
M. L.. Nichols, C. R. Meager and
H. G. Good. Top score was won by
Mrs. Friel. Mrs. Creel was presented
with the consolation prize.
Delicious refreshments were served
at the conclusion of the progressions.
Phi Kappa Delta
To Have Banquet
On Saturday evening, May 18, at
7:00 o'clock the local chapter of Phi
Kappa Delta will entertain with a
banquet at the Clement Hotel in
Opelika. The banquet will be served
in the Orange and- Blue dining room
with the colors of the fraternity,
green, blue, arid gold, used in 'the
table decorations. The twenty-six
members of the active chapter with
their dates and a number of visiting
alumni will be present, making a
total of about seventy-five expected
to attend. Mr. Rosser Alston will
preside.
Y. W. G> A. Cabinet Is
Charmingly Entertained
The members of the 1928-29 Y. W.
C. A. Cabinet were charmingly en­tertained
on Saturday afternoon by
Mrs. W. D. Salmon at her home on
East Glenn Avenue. Various im­promptu
stunts, musical selections,
and readings by the members of the
Cabinet caused much merriment and
delight. At the end of an enjoyable
hour delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess. Mrs. Salmon
is one of the Y. W. advisors and has
been an inspiration to the retiring
Cabinet.
Methodist Choir and
Orchestra Entertained
The members of the Methodist
Choir and Orchestra were entertain­ed
in the Church Parlors by the mem­bers
of the Missionary Society on last
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Wilmore Entertains
With Buffet Supper
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore delightfully en­tertained
with a buffet supper on
Thursday evening, May 16, honoring
her two house guests, Mrs. Walker
Glenn of Birmingham, and Mrs. Wil-burn
Chandler of Wilmington, Dela­ware.
About thirty-five friends of
the honorees enjoyed this hospitality.
OF BIRMINGHAM
The Newest Styles
First—
The Best Values
Always—
"PUSS" TYLER
Student Representative
Tut "Win
on your
Education
men of Action *
Bichts hare whirs and IWII
. . . they mnrt be set fifing to brine
in more.—BACON.
| 1 VERYWHERE you read of the
J :J serious need of trained men in
aviation—and you may believe
every word of it, gentlemen! As one of the
largest air line operators in America—of
which T-A-T Flying School is a related
company—we are in position to know the
situation from first hand. Spirited bidding
is the order of the day for every properly
trained man.
COLLEGE MEN NEEDED!
Significant facts, these, for the college man.
And of signal importance to the college man with
technical training. Of signal importance to the
college man with the perception to want to grow
with a great and growing industry—to college
men who must earn back quickly the cost of their
education. The lengthiest course offered at T-A-T
requires the AVERAGE student six months to
complete, and prepares you to begin your avia­tion
career with the training
so . lecessary for success. By
no means need you be rich,
yet a technical training or
mechanical inclination is ob­viously
in your favor.
EXECUTIVES, SALESMEN
NEEDED
College men, however,
should also be interested in
the fact that salesmen, field
men, EXECUTIVES WHO
KNOW THE FEEL OF A
STICK IN THEIR HANDS,
are as badly needed as pilots
and mechanics. At the con­trols
of T-A-T ships, in our
offices and in the chairs of
important executive positions
are many college trained men
—AND THEY ARE MAK­ING
GOOD. Some of the best
qualified T-A-T graduates are
employed by one of our five
companies. Because T-A-T
training is based upon the re­quirements
of the employer,
T-A-T graduates are pre­ferred
by other companies.
AN EDITORIAL
For young men of today aviation holdi the
moat marvelous immediate opportunity of any
age. This is a troth so great that it ift almost
a bromide; Yet the greatest opportunities are
for the college man with technical training.
At no other time in history, in no other indus­try,
have youth and technical training been
valued so highly I
The most imposing figures in aviation today
are college trained. A roster of the important
executives of aviation would disclose primarily
and impressively, young men—college men—
technically trained men! YOUR FACULTY
OF KNOWING HOW TO LEARN GIVES YOU
A HEAD START!
As one of the nation's largest air line oper­ators—
and as employers of many T-A-T trained
men coming from a number of colleges and
technical schools—we suggest to the men of
this type that you train for positions in avia­tion.
It is hard to believe the benefits and
profits shortly to be realized from such train­ing;—
impossible to guess the future value I
No other industry has
been so kind to educated
\ (juth—technically trained
youth. It is almost as if
the ages had been storing
up their reward for you.
Consider aviation serious­ly
as a career—in every
branch it holds more than
romance, more than fas­cination
— it holds con­crete
rewards in imme­diate
benefits and profits
—snd it holds a glorious
future, gentlemen 1
TRAINING IN THE HEART OF IMPORTANT
ACTIVITIES
As a college man you will understand the im­portance
of training in the heart of important
commercial aviation activities. As a student at
T-A-T you will actually become a part of a great
organization, and in intimate touch with its op­portunities.
The five T-A-T companies f)y thou­sands
of miles daily, with passenger and
air mail planes serving; four states, with
maintenance shops in the principal cities
of these states; and one related T-A-T
Company distributes four of the princi­pal
makes of airplanes, another airplane
and engine parts. Your contact with
commercial aviation on so large a scale
will give you invaluable EXPERIENCE u yon
train . . . a strong; reason for the preference
T-A-T students are given.
THOROUGH TRAINING
There is a serious need for trained men in aviation—yet
the industry will not accept you for its best jobs unless yon
are THOROUGHLY TRAINED. You MUST be properly
trained, no matter what your background, whether you are
to become a mechanic, pilot, salesman or executive. That
T-A-T graduates receive correct, thorough, complete, compre­hensive
training U amply demonstrated in the fact that
T-A-T SHIPS HAVE FLOWN MORE THAN A MILLION
MILES WITHOUT INJURY TO PASSENGER, PILOT OB
PLANE. OR LOSS OF A
SINGLE PIECE OF MAIL I
And a great many of the
men responsible for this rec­ord
are T-A-T trained. ANOTHER strong reason for the
preference T-A-T graduates are given.
* PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
At the T-A-T schools, veteran Air Mail pilots, chosen for
their especial ability to impart their knowledge and expe­rience,
supervise every step of your training with personal
instruction and attention. Actual flying begins the first day.
with ground school and mechanical training blending into
your program. T-A-T shops are fully equipped with latest
tools and machines. Every type of plane is here for you to
round out your training. You will begin flying many and
varied types of open and cabin, dual control planes, powered
with approved motors. In advanced flying you will take the
stick of transport and fast pursuit planes, and every type of
plane necessary to give you broad flying experience.
SPECIAL SUMMER VACATION
COURSE
Never was opportunity so great for
young men—never such potentialities for
college men with technical training. That
college men know this is seen in the hun­dreds
who have already written in about
our special summer course for college men.
You should send now for full details and in­formation
to secure your
reservation.
FREE AIRPLANE
TRANSPORTATION
Six regular courses are of­fered,
ranging in cost from
$75 to $2500, requiring from
30 days to six months to com­plete,
with liberal terms of
payment . . . and free air-'
plane transportation in our
own transport planes to stu­dents
on T-A-T Flying Serv­ice
routes. Write today for
our 32 page book "FLYING
THE GOLDEN TRAIL." In
this book may lie the way to
the realization of
your dearest
dreams!
Ton • • E n g i n e e r s ,"
"Architects," "Bug-Hunt­ers"
. . . even "Ethereal
and Horixontal Archi-eets"—
GET INTO AVIA­TION
I The field is clear
—in no other profession
or field of endeavor is
there so IMMEDIATE, so
greet a future! In no
other profession can you
tarn return* on your edu­cational
investment
•o quickly t
FLYI
Fort Worth
Dallas
New Orleans
San Antonio
Houston
Atlanta
PAGE FOUR "1 '
THE PLAINSMAN
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1929.
DANCES DECLARED
WONDERFUL
(Continued from page 1)
erlin, Pauline Edwards, Otolia Evans,
Elizabeth Ellis, Dot Foy, Mary Flour-noy,
Becky Flournoy, Martha Fearn,
Florence Frohman, Inez Fowlkes,
Margaret Farlsh, Lavinia Foy, Annie
Fenn, Florence Golson, Mary Gole-mah,
Marie Glenn, Anne Grimes, Myr­tle
Graves, Juliette Hardy, Madge
Hardy, Grace Hardy, Kate Hyatt,
Ethel Holden, Ruth Henderson,
Frances Holt, Virginia Hardaman,
Evelyn Holloway, Nelle Henry, Vir-
'Tis Fine to
Dine
at the
PICKWICK
ginia Hutches^.
Jean Hagler. Ni
Jones, Ellen 3- u
-Harriotte JohnsT.
•Targiit'ct H I
J ...>..••. Mary "M
ine Jacobs,
KHby,D»t
Kilgore, Fraulinu ^AAtfctd, Etfoily
Lively, Beatrice M< ii Ma:>- M.-Ca.^
lin, Jean McCalle • McAliIey,
Helen McCary, Eula McClesk^.,, I tm-mie
Morrow, Calla Marshall, Military
Methvin, Totsy Mitchell, Minnie Mil
ler, Anita Mitchell, Evelyn Morse,
Elizabeth Otwell,. Cecilia O'Donnell,
Lizzy Oates, Alice Oates, Meredith
Owens, Elizabeth Printup, Rockdale
Prince, Virginia Patton, Evelyn Pear­son,
Margaret Perez, Maybelle Prow-ell,
Bo Prather, Rebie Perry, Katie
Provost, Marguerite P.rosh, Frances
Ruffin, Helen Rose, Sally Reese,
Katherine Rittenberry, Lucy Roberts
Elizabeth Smith, Bet Smith, Bess
Smith, Maybeth Sullivan, Helen
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(Continued from page 1)
durintr regtflfcr term.
i i * demic field courses in
Nsieoi . foreign Languages, His-
• !,'••' and Mathematics are available.
Work in ±i«..ie Economics and Edu­cation,
as well as in Religious Educa­tion
is offered. Just recently a
series of courses in Book-keeping and
Accounting have been added. All
of these courses carry regular college
credit.
Practically all of the courses have
been prepared by the members of the
faculty who carry on the work during
the regular session, and all student
papers are given their personal atten­tion.
The Correspondence Study courses
at Auburn have won signal recogni­tion
among those interested in that
field of activity. They are marked
because of the manner in which the
best principles of educational prac­tice
have been utilized in their con­struction.
There is a marked avoid­ance
of the routine, more or less cut-and-
dried approach characteristic of
correspondence study courses in gen­eral.
The Correspondence Study Bulletin
may be had upon application to the
office of the department in Room
308 of the Administration Building
or by' writing to Dr. B. R. Showalter,
Director of Extension Teaching.
NOTICE
L
OPELIKA FLORAL CO,
"Say It With Flowers"
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Phone Opelika 211
Optical Department
KLEIN & SON
MONTGOMERY
Dr. Thos. D. Hopkins, Optometrist
New and Most Modern Equipment for E l i m i n a t i o n and
Fitting Eyes with Scientific Lenses
150 rooms, every room Circulating ice water
with bath and — and- oseilating
showers fans
STRICTLY FIREPROOF
e Greystone
L
Montgomery, Ala.
Wolff Hotel Company Charles A. Johnson
Operators Manager
PETTIBONE BROTHERS
GET UNIFORM CONTRACT
(Continued from page 1)
from the Military Department.
Stock sizes will be in Auburn by
the beginning of the 1929 term in
September, and the Military Depart­ment
expects to equip the entire basic
unit within a week after school has
begun. The juniors will receive spec­ially
tailor-made uniforms, as in prev­ious
years, and it is expected that
they will be issued their uniforms in
the middle of October. *
The uniform is cadet grey in color,
the coat being of the same cut asl
those issued to advanced students at
present, and the trousers being
straight-legged with black stripes
along the side. The shirt is of regu­lation
gray woolen. . A black belt
will be worn by both advanced and
basic students. The cap is of the
Pershing style. The only distinction
in uniform between the. basic and ad­vanced
units will be the insignia on
the sleeve's of the upper classes.
In re: return of R. O. T. C. uni­form
and refund of umicrnr deposit.
1. Students are requested to turn
in uniforms and equipment to the
lower supply room in the basement of
the Main Building in accordance with
the following schedule:
Juniors: 1:00 to 5:00 P. M. Tues­day,
May 21st.
Sophomores 1:00 to 5:00 P. M.
Tuesday, May 21st; 7:30 to 11:30 A.
M., Wednesday, May 22nd; 1:00 to
5:00 P. M. Wednesday, May 22nd.
Freshmen: 7:30 to 11:30 A. M.,
Thursday, May 23rd; 1:00 to 5:30
P. M. Thursday, May 23rd.
2. At the end of each day a list
of clearances wil be given to the Ac­countant's
office and deposits will be
returned as follows:
Juniors: Beginning Thursday, May
23rd; All others, Beginning Friday,
May 24th.
3. Anyone who fails to'[return his
equipment on the day allotted his
class must wait until' Friday, May
24th, for clearance.
4. Please turn in sketching equip­ment
befort Tuesday.
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The members of the Plainsman
staff are now on the top of the print­ing
shop shouting to the hoi-polloi
their Swan Song. Adios. . . .
ATTEND THE MASS MEETING
MAY 20.
MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing
Sporting Goods
Montgomery, Alabama
Mesdames Sturkie and
King Entertain With Tea
The home of Mrs. Dana Sturkie
was beautifully decorated with Dor­othy
Perkins roses, on Tuesday af­ternoon,
when she and Mrs. John King
entertained.
The guests were met. at the door by
Mesdames Homer Tisdale and M. A.
Barnes, who introduced them to the
receiving line. Those in the receiving
line were: Mrs. Dana Sturkie, Mrs.
John King, Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Wal­lace
Salter, Mrs. Schilling, Mrs. Mills,
Mrs. Seale and Mrs. B. B. Ross.
Mrs. E. D. Burnsworth invited the
guests into the dining room, where
Mrs. Alfonso Wright and Mrs. Louis
Ward poured tea and coffee. The tea
table was covered with a lovely *lace
cloth. Two pink tapers burned at
each of the tables and beautiful pink
and white carnations graced the cen­ter.
Those assisting in the dining room
were: Mesdames, M. J. Funchess, C.
L. Isbell, W. T. Ingram, W. O. Schu­bert,
Frank Orr and H. G. Good.
Dainty sandwiches and cakes were
served.
About two hundred and fifty guests
called during the afternoon.
SOUTHERN BELL
SIGNS FOURTEEN
In its 1929 recruiting campaign for
college men to fill positions in its or­ganizations
throughout the country
the Bell System Recruiting Delega­tion
visited twenty-six colleges and
interviewed 392 men. Of this total
number 113 men were rated as being
of a suitable type and of a grade ac­ceptable
for employment eighty-six
have accepted positions and twenty-seven
more have either rejected or
are considering the offer made to
them.
It is notable that Auburn heads
the list of men accepted as suitable
for employment in the Bell System
and of men who have accepted em­ployment
in the System. Fourteen
men from Auburn will take positions•
with the Bell System as a result of
the Recruiting Campaign. Georgia
Tech holds second place on the list
with eleven men. Mississippi A. and
M. and North Carolina State tie for
third place on the list with seven
men each accepted. Kentucky State,
Louisiana State, and Clemson Col­lege
rank fourth in men accepted with
six men each.
If this recapitulation of the re­sults
of the Bell System Recriuting
Campaign may be regarded as a posi­tive
indication of the ranking of the
colleges and universities visited by
the Recruiting Delagation it may
well be said that Auburn ranks first
among these colleges in the grade of
men graduated in technical courses.
Boys! If You Eat
M E A T
Buy it from your
Friends {
MOORE'S MARKET |
—Phone 37—
DR. T. B. MCDONALD
DENTIST
Office Over Toomer't Drug
Store
GREENE'S
OPELIKA, ALA.
Clothing, Shoes
-and-
Furnishing Goods
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
The Best in Hardware and Supplies
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
©o ^he Seniors
^Ambition's mountains loom afar;
On friendships' mountain you've a lease;
So hitch your tvagon to a star,
'iBut don't forget the ajcle grease.
Stop In and Trade Again at
The
Student Supply Shop
Where Everybody Meets
TOOMER'S DRUG STORE
Drug Sundries
Drinks, Smokes
THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY
ON THE CORNER
The members of the Plainsman
staff are now on the top of the print­ing
shop shouting to the hoi-polloi
their Swan Song. Adios. . . .
Just another good thing
added to the other good
things of life
AUBURN SPIRIT RALLY MON­DAY
NIGHT MAY 20.
Stuart, Charlotte Sanders, Jane Sail-worth,
Mabel Thompson, Martha Tay­lor,
Bluette Wallace, Ida W. White,
LeClaire Witt, Myrtle Welch, Ruth
Wilbanks, Aurelia Walters, Dorothy
Wesbury, Janice Ward, Helen Walter.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
Rainbow Theatre
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Phone 439—We Talk
Monday & Tuesday, May 20 & 21
"LADY OF THE PAVEMENTS"
With William Boyd, Jetta Goudal and
Lupe Velez
The Romance of a Heart Thief
Wednesday & Thursday, May 22 & 23
"FROM HEADQUARTERS"
With Monte Blue
15c & 35c—All Talking Vitaphone
MONDAY, MAY 20
William Haines in
"A MAN'S MAN"
With Josephine Dunn
TUESDAY, MAY 21
"MODERN MOTHERS"
With Barbara Kent
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
Joan Crawford in
"ROSE MARIE"
With James Murray
THURSDAY, MAY 23
"HELEN OF TROY"
With Maria Corda, Lewis Stone
and Ricardo Cortez
FRIDAY, MAY 24
Sally O'Neill in
"FLOATING COLLEGE"
With Wm. Collier, Jr.
SATURDAY, MAY 25
"MAKING THE GRADE"
Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran
A MEL
C I G A R E T T E S
) 1929, R. J. Reynold:
ompany, Winston-Salem, N. C.
WHY CAMELS ARE THE BETTER CIGARETTE
Camels contain sncli tobaccos and such blending as
have never been offered in any other cigarette.
They are made of the choicest Turkish and American
tobaccos grown.
Camels are always smooth and mild.
Camel quality is jealously maintained . . . by the
world's largest organization of expert tobacco men
. . . it never varies.
Smoke Camels as liberally as you choose . . . they
will never tire your taste.
Nor do they ever leave an unpleasant after-taste.
B MONSTER MASS MEETING Jg
7 P.M. u To Foster the Auburn Spirit yy Be There
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